SPD Sgt. Keith Smith responded to the area after a report of a possibly intoxicated man driving in the area. The officer spotted the vehicle described and watched as the driver drove slowly before accelerating and nearly driving off the road. The man then drove to an alleyway where the officer approached the man still in the driver's seat. Smith said he could smell alcohol on the man and asked if he had been drinking. The man didn't deny drinking, but said he was at home when he was drinking and that he had not been driving. The driver failed one field sobriety test and could not complete two more due to a medical condition. The man refused the Breathalyzer test and was placed under arrest for Driving While Intoxicated and refusal to submit.

Aug. 17

700 block of W. Lincoln

SPD Sgt. Keith Smith responded to the area for a man trying to kick in a door. Two women at the residence told the officer the man accused them of stealing money from him and he was trying to get into the home by kicking in the door. SPD Ptl. Jeffery Bokker was on patrol in the area and found a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle the man was driving when he left the women's home. Bokker initiated a traffic stop, but the man continued driving to a home in the 1300 block of North Maple. The man was placed under arrest.

Aug. 18

100 block of E. 22nd

SPD Assistant Chief Steven Bobo had a vehicle pulled over in a local restaurant parking lot. The driver had fled the scene the night before after being recognized as a shoplifter. The man acknowledged that he had shoplifted and was placed under arrest. He had fled from Bobo at the store before coming to a stop in the parking lot. He was placed under arrest for shoplifting, fleeing and driving on a suspended driver's license. The passenger in the vehicle was released.